Afro-Descendants in Latin AmericaPosted in Caribbean/Latin America, Live Events, Media Archive, United States on 2019-02-21 02:10Z by Steven |
Afro-Descendants in Latin America
Rayburn House Office Building
45 Independence Ave SW
Room 2247
Washington, DC 20515
2019-02-26, 11:00-12:30 EST (Local Time)
Hank Johnson, Host
United States House of Representatives (GA-04)
Panelists
- Ofunshi Oba Kosso, Yoruba Cuba Organization
- Carlos Quesada, Race and Equality
- Crystal Yuille, WOLA
- Euclides Rengifo, UNIAFRO
- Alessandra Ramos, TRANS FORMAR, Brazil
Please join Rep. Hank Johnson* for a discussion on the state of Afro-descendants in Latin America. Our panel of experts will illuminate many of the rights and liberties under threat in Latin America, and how a productive relationship between government and civil society can promote inclusion, justice, and equality for Afrodescendants in the region. Panelists will also speak to the importance of the UN designated International Decade for People of African Descent in globally combatting racism and discrimination.
*Rep. Johnson is the sponsor of H.Res 133—Supporting the goals and ideals of the designation of January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2024, as the “International Decade for People of African Descent.”
RSVP to Chelsea Grey at Chelsea.Grey@mail.house.gov.